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* Ninety percent of colony expeditions opt for small vessels and batches of less than half a thousand colonists, to avoid the [[Federation]] edict regarding [[Star Fleet]] escorts.<ref name=Cochrane>[[Guide: Cochrane]]</ref> | * Ninety percent of colony expeditions opt for small vessels and batches of less than half a thousand colonists, to avoid the [[Federation]] edict regarding [[Star Fleet]] escorts.<ref name=Cochrane>[[Guide: Cochrane]]</ref> | ||
< | * As many as 170 buoy tenders are active.<ref name=Grayson>[[Guide: Grayson]]</ref> | ||
==Years== | ==Years== | ||
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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
* Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.<ref name=Corvettes>[[Guide: Corvettes,_Couriers,_Escorts,_Perimeter_Ships_%26_Light_Scouts_#Corvettes.2C_Couriers.2C_Escorts.2C_Perimeter_Ships_.26_Light_Scouts|Guide: Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts]]</ref> | * Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.<ref name=Corvettes>[[Guide: Corvettes,_Couriers,_Escorts,_Perimeter_Ships_%26_Light_Scouts_#Corvettes.2C_Couriers.2C_Escorts.2C_Perimeter_Ships_.26_Light_Scouts|Guide: Corvettes, Couriers, Escorts, Perimeter Ships & Light Scouts]]</ref> | ||
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* '''By end of''': Only 50 ''Cochrane'' class colonizers remain active with [[Star Fleet]].<ref name=Cochrane>[[Guide: Cochrane]]</ref> | * '''By end of''': Only 50 ''Cochrane'' class colonizers remain active with [[Star Fleet]].<ref name=Cochrane>[[Guide: Cochrane]]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 05:14, 10 January 2020
Summary
- The "modern" Larson class destroyer (Mk VII) continues to play a relatively minor role.[1]
- Ninety percent of colony expeditions opt for small vessels and batches of less than half a thousand colonists, to avoid the Federation edict regarding Star Fleet escorts.[2]
- As many as 170 buoy tenders are active.[3]
Years
Events
- Though capital ship forces adequately cover the main space lanes, the threat of small, cloaked commerce raiders suddenly emerges.[4]
- All civilian ships of the Vanguard-Ganymede subclass have been scrapped before this decade.[5]
- Many civilian Merchant class heavy transports are retired by this decade.[6]
- Weapon systems defined as 'heavy' (per the 2271 weapons classification system) first enter service.[7]
- Icarus and Ashanti class battle cruisers start being selected for retirement; some are put to use as engineering testbeds for the modern battle cruisers.[8]
- All the old light cruisers, from Amchitka to Kearsarge to the Texas refits, have been disarmed and donated forward, sold for scrap, or converted to support vessels of various sorts. The light cruiser force has shrunk by more than 60 % in a matter of a decade.[9]
- A modern warp-enabled cargo drone is introduced.[10]
- By end of: Only 50 Cochrane class colonizers remain active with Star Fleet.[2]
References
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